Echo - something to consider?

[Stefani Banerian]

At 05:37 PM 1/17/1998 -0800, you wrote:
>This info is from the Echo site (www.echonyc.com) - "the virtual
>salon of New York City."  Perhaps something along these lines might
>be a useful model for some branch of SCNA?  (with or without the 
>fees...)
>
>===========================
>
>Echo is unlike anything you'll find on the Internet. 

(untrue)   www.utne.com  also has online conferences. but that is quibbling...

After having seen and participated in one of these conference web sites, it
would seem feasible for us to try it.  Again with the caveat that there are
also other "projects" that need to be done.

And it would need to be text-browser capable, unlike the www.utne.com site,
which is virtually useless without graphics.

the following paragraphs were retained, because i think they provide what
SCN *ought* to be doing.

such conferences can be "moderated" in the sense that the moderator can
control who has access to the conference.  

>Echo is composed of over sixty conferences, such as Culture, Angst,
>Music, and the House of Thought. Within each conference, dozens of
>ongoing conversations are moderated by a host who welcomes newcomers
>into the mix, sees that conversations flow, and keeps squabbles in
>check. Echoids log in to talk about movies, Jacques Derrrida, old
>cartoons, the Ramones, the East Village, Prague. Conversations are
>articulate and free-wheeling. 
>
>Over 40% of the 3,500 people on Echo are women - significantly more
>than on other online systems. Activity on Echo is brisk, with
>hundreds and hundreds of new responses posted each day. Reasonable
>rates allow users to support a habit that can easily occupy an hour
>or more each day, and a staff of seven maintains the system and
>answers questions online and over the phone. For users eager to
>explore cyberspace, Echo offers full Internet access at a discounted
>rate to members of the conferencing system.
>
>Echo has also participated in two experiments with interactive
>television. One, sponsored by USA Networks' Sci-Fi Channel, ran live
>online commentary during episodes of the cult classic The Prisoner.
>And NYU's acclaimed Interactive Telecommunications Program produces a
>weekly interactive program called Yorb, using Echo as its online
>component. 
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